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NUGD: Alvarez Yairi DY-39 1989
Found the 6-string counterpart to my Twin Six on Ebay, and with Mrs. Twin Six's approval t & encouragement, took the gamble that it would not need extensive set-up to be playable. With more than a little trepidation, I clicked Buy It Now. The gamble certainly paid off.
In preparation for its arrival, a bought two sets of strings, Martin Marquis 80/20 Extra Lights (0.10 - 0.47) & Lights (0.12 -0.54). Good thing I bought two sets. When it arrived, I tuned up the ancient strings on it and strummed a few chords that went thud. Off they came, and the dusty, grimy guitar got a vacuum-out, fret polishing, & fingerboard oiling. During this process, I noticed that the first several frets are dimpled, so the original owner clearly loved this guitar and played a lot. After this clean-up, on went the Extra Lights. While clipping the excess string ends, I accidentally snipped the B string. Then tuning up the remaining strings, the high E string snapped before quite getting in tune, so off came the Extra Lights. The guitar essentially spit them out. At this point, I noticed that the tuners were loose, so I snugged them up with a 10mm box wrench, and strung it with the Lights. Once tuned, it sang! And so, for a very reasonable price and a bit of elbow grease, I've got a guitar I love and can hardly put down that is the six-string twin of my Twin Six. Here's a photo of both of them: Alvarez Yairi Dreadnoughts by Jonathan Barrett Adams, on Flickr
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1986 Alvarez Yairi DY-76 (twelve-string) "The Twin Six" 1989 Alvarez Yairi DY-39 (six-string) 1993 Hiren Roy & Sons sitar Last edited by Twin Six; 10-26-2020 at 05:36 PM. |
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Congrats on the new used. Love me some A by Y.
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Alvarez Yairis are incredible sounding guitars for the money.
You have quite the collection. I'm going to be content with the two I have.
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1986 Alvarez Yairi DY-76 (twelve-string) "The Twin Six" 1989 Alvarez Yairi DY-39 (six-string) 1993 Hiren Roy & Sons sitar |
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Bump for a new used that cost less than a bajillion dollars that no one wants to comment on. Congrats I know how it feels to buy a specific vintage you've been hunting.
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Congrats Twin 6. I have owned several Yairis over the years and loved them for gigging.while they don’t get a ton of overt love on this forum, I think they are quietly well respected.
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I've picked up a few - and every one I have has been fantastic - but I've never had that concurrence of money + availability. Perhaps some day I will see one when I have the ducats!
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I love Alvarez Yairi guitars! Congratulations on two beautiful ones!
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Thanks. Having a matched set feels pretty special. And that abalone AY logo holds a certain magic for me.
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1986 Alvarez Yairi DY-76 (twelve-string) "The Twin Six" 1989 Alvarez Yairi DY-39 (six-string) 1993 Hiren Roy & Sons sitar |
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